What are DAOs good for?

DAOs are good for coordinating a global set of participants around a common mission

Global coordination

DAOs are global

DAOs allow people to come together and work on common missions just as easy as joining a chat group.

Transparency

DAOs are transparent

DAOs allow anyone with an internet connection to check their members, financials and decisions taken.

Fluid organizations

DAOs are fluid

DAOs scale their workforce dynamically. There are low barriers to entry, allowing new members to join.

How does it compare?

DAOs are a new kind of organization. Not everything can or should be a DAO, but here you can find some of the tradeoffs.

DAO

Loose

Grassroots

Transparent

Open

Fully global

Company

Tight

Hierarchical

Usually not transparent

Invite-only

Not always global

More than +1,400 DAOs improving the world

DAOs are not only the future -- they are already the present

Common questions about DAOs

What is the definition of DAO?

A DAO is a group of people with no central management that coordinate over the internet around a shared set of rules to achieve a common mission.

A more accurate definition would be:A DAO is an internet-native entity with no central management which is regulated by a set of automatically enforceable rules on a public blockchain, and whose goal is to take on a life of its own and incentivize people to achieve a shared common mission.